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surely the extent of exposure to said 'hard-won prosperity' varies across the globe, and yet again, more 'sustainable' rhetoric without a single mention, nay, even reference to the population bomb. ironically, it is places which are anything but prosperous (unless you measure said prosperity in natural resources, excavation of which is hardly ever 'sustainable') that continue to baloon.

Kevin Rudd was the victim of a global right wing conspiracy? I suppose only a serial victim of conspiracy theorists could think up such an absurd conspiracy theory himself. I sympathise with you on many levels, Jeffrey, but wish you'd drop the serenely extreme faith in certain unfalsifiable strands of climate and development science.

While I agree with Prof. Sachs generally, I think its a bit of a stretch to say that former PM Rudd lost his re-election bid because of the fossil fuel lobby. Its generally recognised that Rudd lost because of the incessant party in-fighting that lead to the PM's post changing hands twice witihn a few years. This pathetic Punch-n-Judy show between Rudd and his nemesis Julie Gillard put paid to Rudd's re-election chances.

Sach's is right about the disinformation campaign and junk science unleashed by the big oil companies opposing the facts of the science of global warming. The spewing of this propaganda juxtaposes their actual business strategy which finds them staking out platform locations in the Arctic where the polar ice has melted for oil and gas exploration. If these big oil companies thought that global warming was a ruse, then why plan on putting rigs where they would surely be threatened by the return of polar ice caps. It harkens back to the old axiom, "watch what they do, not what they say."

You tell the obvious truth that needs to be repeated over and over. If the public knew how they could boycott pollution makers and if they believed that they would win, I wonder if a coalition could start such a movement?